Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Monday, 29 December 2008

Victorian period walnut revolving bookcase. It has a triangular form on a tripod base. Dates to the 1870-1890 time period. The triangular top spins 360 degrees. Solid walnut. Nice turned finial on top. Original brown porcelain casters. Original iron brace on the underside of the legs.Ruby Lane

Thursday, 18 December 2008

The Lundia Rotadrive is designed to make the heaviest and most demanding storage requirements easy. Being a mechanically assisted system, it enables the user to effortlessly move huge quantities of fully loaded shelves. One drive shaft connects the roller bearings under each pair of upright frames. This ensures a perfectly accurate traction and extremely smooth, quiet movement of each mobile. With one effortless turn of a wheel you can virtually move mountains. Lundia

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Lili Lite is a reading light, a bookmark and a bookshelf combined into one smart product. A sensor turns off the light when an open book is placed on the shelf. When the book is picked up again, the light automatically turns on. Lili Lite also has a switch to turn the light on and off manually.Lili Lite

Sunday, 14 December 2008

Made by Carl Leistler & Son, sculpted by Anton Dominik Fernkorn, carved byFranz Maler, Austria, Vienna. 1850–1. When shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851 the Leistler firm's exhibits were described as 'massive, bold and masculine in design, and well adapted to a palace'. This bookcase was a 'cathedral in wood'. Afterwards Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria presented it to Queen Victoria. It was installed first in Buckingham Palace and later in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. It was given to the University of Edinburgh who gave it to the V&A in 1967.

Thursday, 11 December 2008

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Assembly Required. The great thing about this storage puzzle is all the many ways there are to solve it. Use the bookcases (assemble in left or right versions) as singles to draw attention to their zigzag design, or align two together from either side for a totally different effect. A set of rectangular connectors can bridge two bookcases to create one larger unit that "expands" to your dimensions. You can even connect them at an angle. Also available in maple.Crate and Barrel

Friday, 5 December 2008

Each row of boxes slide horizontally creating larger open areas, a versatile solution to shelving requirements, with the ability to run around corners and the flexibility to allow spaces for media.Simon Pengelly

Tuesday, 2 December 2008

Inspired by the DNA structure, this piece of furniture is trying to tell you that, the books you like, the music you have, the photos you store, and all that knowledge you have define a significant part of your personal identity. MYDNA can be on several colors and in two presentations: Static MYDNA, which is one single structure perfect for dividing rooms at home and Rotating MYDNA for easy access to books and more objects you put on it. Joel Escalona

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